No man can lose what he never had. — Izaak Walton

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No man can lose what he never had.

Izaak Walton

The Compleat Angler · 1653

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Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler, edited by Marjorie Swann. Oxford University Press, 2014, pt. 1, ch. 5.

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Walton, Izaak. The Compleat Angler. London: Richard Marriot, 1653, pt. 1, ch. 5.

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